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Brain Food – Energy & Anti-inflammatory Drink

There are a whole host of diseases from auto-immune to arthritis that are increasingly being linked to inflammation. And there is more and more in the news about the cognitive benefits of turmeric on Alzheimer patients and the anti-inflamatory effects of ginger and cinnamon.

13 thoughts on “Brain Food – Energy & Anti-inflammatory Drink”

I drink turmeric tea every day. I put 1 heaping teaspoon of turmeric powder in a cup, add a pinch of black pepper, add some olive oil (or coconut oil). Stir it until the mixture looks like a paste. Then add hot water, and stir. To help body absorption of the turmeric, you have to add some black pepper and use heat, such as hot water.
You can also add turmeric powder and black pepper to the water when you cook rice. The heat is from the rice being cooked. You can also add turmeric powder when you stir fry. Remember to put black pepper and some oil, and heat.
I buy my turmeric powder in an Indian store. Their product is pure. The price is reasonable.

Linda T.
Thanks for the tea and rice recipe. I’ll absolutely try the turmeric and rice. I don’t know why Dr Gupta doesn’t add black pepper ad I too heard that pepper helps boost the power of the species. You have answered Sharon’s question about the heating part. Comments like yours are really informative and add immeasurably to the post. THANK YOU!
jw.

If you heat this, does it sorta taste like hot chocolate when the almond milk is chocolate flavored? I’m trying to figure out why you heat this. Does heating the mix make it blend better? I think I’d prefer it cold.

Shari,
Read Linda T.s comment and her information on heating the spices.
I would think that if you drank it cold it would still be of benefit. Heating it also helps the spices dissolve. BUT . . . if you heat it first and then added ice or put it in the refrigerator to cool I think that would work too.

Using chocolate milk is deeeeeelicious and does taste like spiced-up hot chocolate. I think one could use regular milk instead of almond milk too. The almond milk is better if you’re lactose intolerant or are on a non-dairy diet.
jw.

Oh yum yum how delish!!!! Just went for very interesting frequency treatment for inflammation in the body ~ what all we humans have in varying degrees and different organs. So hear hear to a healthy inflammation reducing drink! (I would heat it on low on the stove though, rather than using a microwave which might reduce the effectiveness or at the least have its own energy/frequency. I can’t quote them ( but they are around) … opinion/research on the dangers of microwaving good. Makes sense to me and that’s an easy risk to avoid healthwise I think.
Interesting post ~ as always . Love your blog posts and am always eager to open and read them. Always so chock full of interesting stuff.

P.S just finished reading the other comments..
There is very good quality turmeric here in Sri Lanka and I know a guy from Chicago who sources here. When I am back in September am happy to send each some If you write me your email addresses (petakaplan@hotmail.com)

If you like to drink it cold, heat it first, then let it cool, then put it in the fridge. I heard and read that with the turmeric powder, you need 3 important ingredients —- black pepper, oil, and heat.